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Re: OT currency (was Re: Quoting styles (was Re: Antipassive?))

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, May 29, 2008, 13:10
Well, the whole Queen thing might rankle a bit. :)



On 5/29/08, Tristan McLeay <conlang@...> wrote:
> On 29/05/08 22:14:57, Mark J. Reed wrote: >> >> There's been a movement afoot over here for years to abolish the >> penny. I think the nickel is now in the same category (more >> expensive >> than itself to mint). So I agree, both should go. Then we could >> just >> drop the last digit of prices, if not for those pesky quarters. So >> get rid of them, too! Dimes, 50-cent-pieces (a new design that's not >> so frickin huge, plz; maybe nickel-sized), dollars. With no quarter >> the dollar coin has nothing to be confused with..... > > Seeing as you're rapidly approaching parity with our dollar, why not > just adopt our currency when it happens. We've still got 5c coins but > no-one said you have to use them --- I would certainly be more than > pleased if we got rid of them. Otherwise, it's 10c/20c/50c/$1/$2. The > 50c coins are also a nice dodecagon or something like that. Look much > better than the British non-circular coins, which look like they were > made by a toddler (what's wrong with a straight edge?). And you can get > dragged into the late twentieth century with real notes made out of > stuff that's doesn't grow on trees. > > -- > Tristan. >
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